Mhoze Chikowero, "The Military Entertainment Complex: Chimurenga Afrosonic Making of Zimbabwe" (MIT Press, 2026)
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Welcome to the New Books Network. Hello and welcome to another episode on the New Books Network. I'm one of your hosts, Dr. Miranda Melcher, and I'm very pleased today to be speaking with Dr. Mose Chicawero about a book just out by MIT Press in 2026, available open access, in fact, titled The Military Entertainment Complex. Chamaranga Aphersonic Making of Zimbabwe, which takes us into the world of post-independent Zimbabwe. To look at a whole bunch of things that are really intertwined. We're going to be talking about conflict that's happening after independence. We're going to be talking about music that's happening after independence, movements of people, and politics and how a lot of these things are perhaps a lot more intertwined than we might think. So
If we're talking, for example, about a particular song, that's not unrelated to what's happening in terms of the military or the political system, and also what's happening in terms of entertainment, too. So a whole bunch of things all come together in this book. And I think we're going to have quite an intriguing discussion about it. So Mose, thank you so much for joining me on the podcast. Well, thank you so much, uh, Miranda. Uh this is really a nice opportunity to talk about uh These issues and then your book. Well, to start us off, could you please introduce yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
Yeah, thank you. So my name is Mose Chicovero. Um I'm a great grandson. of Mambo M Chachetirwa Chwa Shira. What's the role of the Metekeza kingdom of South Central Zimbabwe?
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